Trouble in My ’Hood

Brooklyn

Most Americans don’t live among Muslims, and so the debate over whether they mean the rest of us any harm remains largely theoretical. Jihad-loving fifth columnists or misunderstood, peace-loving minority? These questions are personal for those of us living near the western end of Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue, the heart of Arab Brooklyn and home of the al-Farooq mosque, a major center of Islamic radicalism in North America.